DIY Pellet Reactor Build

I have never built a reactor or skimmer in my reef life. Now is as good a time as any.
I am planning a 170 build in the future, so this will help my water peram.
I decides to use 4'' x 1/4 acrylic tube it will bee 16'' tall.
In some of the pics you will see more than one being built.
A friend also needed some reactors built. He needed 2 for carbon and 1 for pellets. His are made with 6'' tube and are 18'' tall.

Set a jig on the tablesaw to cut the tubes



I hope this will get the water to tumble


Modified funnel


Prep the tops and bottoms for a good flat weld joint


High tech clamps

Need to get the water in to the bottom of the tube. This is only a mock up of the finished product. The design will be cleaned up in the later versions.






Fit down into a funnel


Bottom of funnel has a cap

 

This do-dad will be covered with gutter guard to keep the media in the tube








The media cap is held in place with a pvc coupler cut in two





Needed a circle cutting jig for a lot of the parts for these reactors


The steel bracket holder slides up to the stop block. Makes for a safer cut.




Lay out some flanges and tops

 

Woah thanks for sharing!

 

Jig works like a charm


Lining up the flange to glue to the tube


#16 was employed to weld the two together


The lids are the tricky part


cut a groove for the o-ring on the lid


Flanges glued in place


cutting the slots for the nylon nuts to hold the lids water tight

 

That is one of the best things about this hobby!!!
You are welcome

Peppie

 

Great job Peppie! I really enjoy watching you build stuff in your shop.

 

Thanks Seano,

I have been super busy with work the past few Mos. Havent had much time to post.
I also updated my tank build. Hope to get both of these projects up to date in the next few days.
Enjoy.

 

Great stuff!!! Thank you for sharing and good luck.

 

That's great to hear. I like it (just posted on that thread).

I finally have the stuff I needed for my tank. I just got my LEDs this month, sump is working properly, with quite a few corals now. I'm building a DIY pellet reactor and ato too.

 

Glad to hear you are jumping right in on the DIY projects. Do you have a link to your builds?

I had no dought you would be successful raising corals.